Wednesday, July 1, 2009

TJR Reviews Elvis Costello – Sweet Profane and Sugarcane & Momofuku

In the space of one year. Elvis Costello Has released two albums. The latest: Sweet Profane and Sugarcane is a solid Roots Americana album. The later: Momofuku is a return to the kind of Rock'n'Roll that made him famous in the first place.

These albums couldn't be more different from each other in terms of style (Momofuku was recorded in Los Angeles, and Sugarcane in Nashville)…..and yet at times they are amazingly similar.

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Hannah Montana 3D DVD and Blu Ray Concert

My first Blu Ray DVD purchase: The Hannah Montana 3D concert from Disney. It came with 4 pair of red-blue 3D glasses.

We played it on a Sony Playstation connected to a Sony Bravia 46" LCD Wide Screen TV via HDMI cable.

They shouldn't have produced this in 3D because the 3D effect just does not have that much impact in the far away shots, in the context of a huge stadium.

It will be much better when the gray glasses technology, now available for most new 3D computer animated movies such as Fly Me To the Moon in theaters, become available for home 3D DVD and Blu Ray. Part of the problem with the old red-blue style 3D glasses is that they always make me feel the separate perceptions of my two eyes rather than unifying the perception which the gray style 3D glasses do so well.

But Hannah's ( Miley Cirus's) performance, and the background documentary style rehersal scenes, as always speak for themselves, so I recommend the DVD and/or Blu Ray product, to ALL Hannah Montana fans, for viewing only on the non-3D (2D) optional setting.

Steven Cravis
Pianist/Composer
www.StevenCravis.com